BiasMedium
FaceApp Predicted Different Genders for Similar User Photos with Slight Variations
- Occurred
- Dec 24, 2020
- Published
- Dec 24, 2020
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
FaceApp’s algorithm was reported by a user to have predicted different genders for two mostly identical facial photos with only a slight difference in eyebrow thickness.
Developers
- FaceApp
Deployers
- FaceApp
Harmed parties
- FaceApp non-binary presenting users
- FaceApp transgender users
- FaceApp users
Classification
Category confidence: 85%
Severity confidence: 80%
Rationale: Algorithm inconsistency in gender prediction demonstrates discriminatory bias in facial recognition technology.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8